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hppllcation lllcd Iltlarclr d, 11927, Serial lilo. 172,612, and in Australia April 6, )1926.

This invention relates to an improved dual purpose mop which is particularly adapted for applying polishes or polishing preparations to floors and like surfaces and for subsequently polishing the surfaces so prepared. The improved mop may loe also employed for scrubbing and washing floors with soft soap or other suitable cleansing agent and for. subsequently swabbing the surfaces.

'lhe mop has a reversible mop-head of improved construction, one part of which is adapted for the convenient application of polishes or cleansing agents to the floors, while the other part can be readily brought into position for the subsequent performance of the final operations ot' polishing the prepared floor, or, alternatively, for rinsing or swabbing the Washed surface. Mounted on the mop handle is a container to hold polish or cleansing agent, and this container' is provided with force feed means, arranged for convenient manipulation, whereby re quired quantities of the polish or cleanser can be extruded and fed from time to time onto or through the pad. brush or like applying element of the reversible mop-head.

eference is made to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a reversible polishing mop according to my invention.

Figure I2 is a sectional view illustrating the mop-head in the position for applying the polish to a floor or like surface.

Figure 3 is a sectional view showing the mop-head reversed for polishing a previously prepared surface.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the metal frame of the mop-head.

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the frame seen in Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an underside ure 4.

Figure 'l' is a cross-section on line A-A of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a sectional detail View of a pad, constituting part of the mop-head7 for the application of a. polish or cleanser to Hoor surfaces.

Figure 9 is a plan View of that part of the reversible mop-head used for polishing or ing. ln these views 2 is a mop-head, which is plan vlew of Figi pivotally mounted on a pin 3 that is carried by a socket 4 at the lower end of a handle 5 of appropriate length. The said mop-head consists of a frame 6 formed from two dat metal plates 7 and 8, which are rigidly secured in required spaced relationship by an angle-piece 9 and by two channel-section members 10see Figure 5. rllhe channel section members are arranged on opposite sides of a slot 11 formed in the frame 6, and they constitute two cheek bearings which support the ends of the pivot pin 3 of the mop.

Mounted upon the metal plate 'l of the frame' 6 is a pad 12 of felt or like material suitable for applyingV to a floor surface a polishing preparation, which may be in the form of a. paste or cream, or, alternatively, a suitable cleanser. 'llhis pad conforms substantially to the configuration of the mophcad frame. and it has at its rear end a lon- `a'itudinal slot 13 which registers with the handle slot 11 provided in said frame.

Fitted in the pad is a lll-shaped reinforc ing wire 14, and secured tol said Wire adjacent to its forward looped end is a fixture plate l5, in which is formed a hole 16 to receive a bolt 17 that detachably secures the pad to the mop-head frame. The ends of the reinforcing wire are inwardly bent at 18 to embrace the rear edge of the plate 7 and thus serve as additional retention means for the pad.

'lhe pad 12 has a discharge slot 19 rearwardly of the fixture plate disposed to register with a. slot 20, which is formed in the plate 7 of the mop-head frame and is in communication with a small chamber 21 arranged within the mop-head frame, andadapted to deliver into the said discharge slot of the pad. A flexible tube 22 passing through the handle socket 4 has its lower end connected to the said chamber 21 while its upper end is connected to the bottom of a container 23. This container holds polish or cleanser to be applied to floorings or like surfaces and it is rigidly secured by a metal clamp 24 to the mop handle 5 at a convenient point in the height of the latter. Said, container has at its upper end a rotatable cap 25 formed with an opening 26 of approved dimensions adapted to be brought into register with a corresponding opening 27 in the wall of the container.

By rotating the said ca in one direction, the two openings 26 and 2 are brought into lll@ lllh

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coincidence to facilitate the charging of the said container with a polish or cleanser. The rotation of the cap in the opposite direction causes the opening 26 to be sealed and thus prevent escape of the polish or cleanser through said opening.

' Slidably fitted within the container 23 is a piston 28. which is actuated by a rotatable rod 29 having at its upper end an appropriate finger-operating plece 30. The upper end portion of said rod is slidable in the boss of a bracket 31, and its lower end portion is screw-threaded to screw through the tapped boss of a second bracket 32 similarly fastened to the said handle. By rotating the said rod 29, the piston 28 is forced downwardly Within the container 23 and causes the polish or cleanser to be forced through the flexible conduit 23 into the chamber 21 and guided by the latter through the co-registering slots and 19 onto the floor so as to saturate the pad 12 for applying the polish or cleanser.

Detachably secured to the plate 8 of the mop-head frame is a unit 33 suitable for olishing the floor surface after the polish as been applied by the said pad 12. This polishing unit consists of a cotton strand mop 34 formed with a tubular band 35 to slidably t over a curved supporting wire 36, the ends of which are inturned at 37 and are fastened by being inserted through eyelets or loops 38 formed on the undersurface of the said plate 8. The forward end of the polishin unit is rigidly fastened to the frame 6 b olts 39 which are passed `horizontally t rough the band and are secured by nuts 40 to lugs 41 on said plate 8.

Both the pad 12 and the olishing unit 33 are adapted for convenient detachment from the mop-head when required. To detach the former, the bolt 17 is first removed, and the pad is then slid rearwardly to disengage the mturned ends 18 o f the reinforcing wire 14 from the rear edge of the plate 7.

To detach the po ishing unit 33, the nuts 40 and bolts 39 are initially removed and the unit is moved rearwardly to disengage the inturned ends 37 of the wire 36 f rom the eyelets 38. The mop 34 is now removed by sliding the tubular band 35 over one end of the said wire 36.

In use of the improved mop, the mop-head 2 is first turned so that the polish applying pad 12 is face downwards as shown in Figure 2, and the rod 29 is then rotated by manipulation of the iinger- )ieee 30 to extrude polish through the pa onto the floor.

The mop is now moved over the floor surface by the operator when grasping the handle 5 to cause the polish to be evenly applied to and worked over the floor surface. The

mop-head is subsequently reversed on its.

pivot pin 3 to bring the polishing unit 33 face downwards on the floor surface as shown in Figure 3, and the mop is again used in the usual manner to polish the prepared surface and remove superfluous polish therefrom. Y

lVhen the appliance is to be used for scrubbing and swabbing ioors, the container 23 is filled with soft soap or other suitable cleanser, and the scrubbing operations are performed either by the pad 12 as shown or by a brush which may be substituted there for, while the mop 34 is used for finally swabbing the floor.

What I do claim is In combination, a substantially V-shape frame comprising a. pair of flat spaced apart plates having aligned slots at their rear ends, a pair of spacing bars between the plates adjacent the aligned slots, a fluid inlet nozzle located in the space formed between the plates in advance of the aligned slots, a spacing bar between the forward ends of the plates, a pad corresponding to the shape of the plates, said pad havingr an opening registering with the nozzle, a handle supported on a ivot mounted in the spacing bars and exten ing across the plane of the aligned slots, and means carried by the handle to supply fluid to the nozzle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

CLAIR TREVE NA. 

